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RACK Filed April 11, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor Co on s :1 W in Patented Sept. 8, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The present invention relates to a rack designed particularly for holding milk bottle caps and has for its prime object to provide means whereby a plurality of series of milk bottle caps may be held in a convenient manner for ready use in the application of the cap to the bottle.

Another important object of the invention resides in the provision of an exceedingly simple and inexpensive structure of this nature which is convenient in manipulation, inexpensive to manufacture, thoroughly eflicient and reliable in use and operation, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and in the. combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of an apparatus embodying the features of my invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a vertical section therethrough taken substantially on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 44 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a detail elevation in perspective of one of the tubes showing a portion of the side wall thereof broken away.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that I devise an apparatus comprising a rear wall 5 which merges at its upper edge into a front wall 6 which extends downwardly and diverges outwardly therefrom and has its side edges merging into side walls 1 of right triangular construction with the hypotenuse wall edges merging into the edges of the front wall 6 and the right upstanding edges merging into the wall 5. The rear wall 5 is providedmerging from its lower edge into a forwardly directed ledge or shelf 8. The wall 6 is provided with an oblong transverse opening at the bottom end thereof with ledges or frame-work 9 with a transparent panel I0 therein. A plurality of indicia disclosing bottle caps H are disposed in this frame one adjacent each compartment as indicated to advantage in Figure 4 divided by division right triangular divisible walls I 3. In each one of these compartments is a tube I 4 containing a plurality of bottle tops l5 corresponding as far as the indicia is concerned to the bottle tops of the element H.

From the above detailed description it will be seen that a tube I4 is mounted into the holder up through the bottom end thereof and then the lower end is switched over to the left, referring to Figure 3, so as to rest on the ledge or shelf 8 0 and the tops or caps therein correspond, of course, to the caps I I in the frame 9. In this way it will be seen that it is easy to select the particular caps that may be desired or the like in a relatively small dairy wherein different grades of cream, 15

merated as desirable in the statement of the in- 25 vention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the. spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What is claimed is:--

An apparatus of the class described comprising a rear wall, a front wall secured at its upper edge to the rear wall and inclining outwardly and downwardly therefrom, side walls connecting the side edges of the first two mentioned walls, vertical partitions providing a plurality of compartments, and a ledge or shelf projecting forwardly from the bottom edge of the first mentioned wall at the lower end thereof toward the front wall, said shelf extending under each of the compartments and having its front edge spaced from the front wall to provide an opening through which to insert articles upwardly between the walls for positioning on the shelf.

RILEY H. COONS. 

